SUSAN ALBRIGHT JOINED the Star Tribune in Minneapolis in February as
editor of its editorial pages. She has been a member of NCEW since 1986,
just after she became editorial page editor of The Arizona Daily Star in
Tucson.

Since then, Albright has served NCEW in a number of capacities. She
is completing a term on the NCEW board, has served on the Nominating
Committee, and was chair of the Outreach Committee for three years. She
has written articles for The Masthead and currently is heading a task
force exploring the role opinion pages play in affecting newspaper
readership.

Earlier in her career, Albright held a variety of editing posts at
The Arizona Daily Star, the Louisville Times and the Syracuse
Herald-Journal. She has a master's degree from Syracuse
University's Newhouse School of Public Communications and a
bachelor's degree in English from Kent State University.

Albright wants to help NCEW continue to be strong in two major ways:
in its role as an advocate for forceful, principled opinion functions in
North American newspapers and broadcast media, and in its role as a
supportive catalyst for continuous improvement among editorialists. She
supports NCEW's current efforts in finding common interests and
coordinating its efforts with other journalism organizations.

Sue Ryon is assistant editorial page editor of The Milwaukee Journal.
She has worked for the Journal for 17 years, the past nine as an
editorial writer specializing in health care and other social issues.

Ryon also has been a copy editor and copy desk chief for the Journal,
and worked briefly in Madison, Wis., as a copy editor for The Capital
Times.

She holds a bachelor's degree in journalism and English from
Indiana University. Her editorials have won numerous awards, both in
state and local contests and in national competition sponsored by the
Education Writers Association.

A member of NCEW since 1986, Ryon is completing her third year as
editor of The Masthead. Prior to that she served as deputy editor. Ryon
also has chaired the Nominating Committee and been a member of the
Minority Affairs Committee.

Much of her work in NCEW has focused on making the organization more
inclusive and broadening its range of voices. She would like to see NCEW
work even harder to reach out to those opinion writers who feel excluded
by traditional journalism organizations even as it strives to become
ever more relevant to its longtime, devoted members.

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